Supreme Court Will Hear Our Case Challenging Trump's Tariffs - and Two Other Related Cases
The cases will be considered on an accelerated schedule.
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Ninth Circuit Blocks Default Restrictions on "Like Counts" for Minors' Social Media Accounts, Upholds Default of "Private Mode"
From today's panel opinion in Netchoice, LLC v. Bonta, by Ninth Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson, joined by Judges Michael… The post Ninth Circuit Blocks Default Restrictions on "Like Counts" for Minors' Social Media Accounts, Upholds Default of "Private Mode" appeared first on Reason.com.
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Sixth Circuit Judges on Restrictions on Parents' School Board Meeting Comments
From today's concurrence by Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar and Eric Murphy in Moms for Liberty v. Wilson County Bd.… The post Sixth Circuit Judges on Restrictions on Parents' School Board Meeting Comments appeared first on Reason.com.
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Excluding Religious School That "Forfeited a Girls' Playoff Basketball Game to Avoid Playing a Team with a Transgender Athlete" Violated Free Exercise Clause
So the Second Circuit held today, concluding that the facts surrounding this particular exclusion showed hostility to religion, and not just the neutral application of generally applicable rules.
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Judge Dismisses RICO Charges Against All 'Cop City' Defendants
A protester holds up a sign that says "Stop Cop City."
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Trump's 'Department of War' Rebrand Might Be His Most Honest Move Yet
Trump sits in the Oval Office with Pete Hegseth standing behind him
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Oklahoma AG on the First Amendment and Drag Shows
Such drag shows are protected unless they fit within the (fairly narrow) category of obscenity, which is limited to certain material that depicts sexual conduct (not just cross-dressing).
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The Troubling Case of Dowd v. United States
I haven't posted on the Volokh Conspiracy in over a decade, because SCOTUSBlog is a better vehicle for my usual… The post The Troubling Case of Dowd v. United States appeared first on Reason.com.
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Milei Coalition's Loss in Buenos Aires Calls Argentine Libertarian Movement's Strength Into Question
Javier Milei's speech. At 9 p.m., the first results were released, with Peronism winning by 13 points over La Libertad Avanza, the party of Javier Milei.
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Hyundai Raid Shows Trump Can't Deport His Way To a Manufacturing Boom
An ICE agent stands outside a building with several people wearing bright green seen in the background
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The GAIN AI Act Looks More Like Protectionism Than National Security
A close view of some technology hardware, one side tinted blue with an American flag and the other tinted red with the Chinese flag
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Even If Trump's Birthday Letter to Jeffrey Epstein Is 'Fake,' How Is It Defamatory?
The birthday letter that President Donald Trump reportedly wrote for Jeffrey Epstein
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How Weed Surveillance Drones Destroyed the Lives of These Californians
A woman in black and white, wearing a t-shirt that says "DO GOOD," stands far in front of a large lawn and home in the background, which are tinted in orange.
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Americans Don't Actually Like Trump's Bad Guy Posturing on Immigration and the Military
Members of the National Guard carrying sidearms and a man carrying an upside-down American flag stand outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., in September 2025.
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New York City Wants $250,000 From SoHo Artists Just To Stay in Their Homes
Rowhouses in New York City
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Here's What Would Happen If We Seized All the Wealth From America's 800 Billionaires
Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Hasan Piker want to tax billionaires
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The Kawhi Leonard Scandal Raises the Alarm: Are Salary Caps Fair, or Fiction?
Kawhi Leonard with a basketball in motion, with three players on the Denver Nuggets also in frame.
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Epstein's Birthday Book
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) holds up a photo of Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein
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Third Circuit Holds Fired "Alt Right" Prof. Jason Jorjani's Speech Was Constitutionally Protected,
though it remands for a decision on whether he would have been fired in any event based on other misconduct.
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Free Speech Unmuted: A Conversation with FIRE's Greg Lukianoff
FIRE is one of the leading free speech advocacy and litigation groups in the country, and Greg is not only its long-time head but also coauthor of several books, including Coddling of the American Mind (with psychologist Jonathan Haidt) and War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—And Why They Fail (with law professor and former ACLU President Nadine Strossen).
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"Authoritarians in the Academy": Satellite Campuses and the Perils of Local Law
There are many ways that universities interact with the wider world, whether by coordinating study abroad programs or welcoming students… The post "Authoritarians in the Academy": Satellite Campuses and the Perils of Local Law appeared first on Reason.com.
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Prison Guards Forcibly Cut a Rastafarian Inmate's Dreadlocks. SCOTUS Will Decide If They Can Be Sued Over It.
The Supreme Court building viewed through a prison hallway
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 9, 1806
9/9/1806: Justice William Paterson dies.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 9, 1806 appeared first on Reason.com.
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 8, 1953
9/8/1953: Chief Justice Fred Vinson dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 8, 1953 appeared first on Reason.com.
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Justice Kavanaugh Continues To Be The Only Justice To Explain Emergency Docket Orders
And Justice Kavanaugh has come a long way since using the term "noncitizen" instead of "illegal alien."
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Farewell to the TaxProfBlog
Blogging can be a thankless and burdensome task. We should all be grateful for Dean Paul Caron's many year or service.
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Supreme Court Lifts Injunction in Los Angeles Immigration Enforcement Case
Allowing the Administration's program to continue, although not creating any new Fourth Amendment law.
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Supreme Court Issues Dubious "Shadow Docket" Ruling Staying Injunction Against Racial Profiling in Immigration Enforcement
There is no majority opinion, so the reasoning is unclear. But Justice Kavanaugh's concurring opinion undercuts principle that government must abjure racial discrimination.
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MAGA Is Wrong About AI. Trump Is Right.
Nick Gillespie is on the left, speaking into a microphone. In the center, a photo shows Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump seated together and smiling. On the right, Katherine Mangu-Ward appears with her hands near her face, in front of a microphone. Large text at the top reads “POPULISTS VS PROGRESS.”
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Trump Once Called Biden's $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill 'Terrible.' Now He's Pretending He Signed It.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump, next to a sign that says "Project funded by President Joe Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law"
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What Is ICE Doing With This Israeli Spyware Firm?
The Department of Homeland Security restored a $2 million contract with Paragon, maker of the surveillance tool Graphite, despite earlier civil liberties concerns.
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My New Boston Globe Article Making Case for Abolishing ICE and Giving the Money to State and Local Police
It builds on an earlier piece in The Hill
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Trump's Tariffs Face a Major 'Major Questions' Problem at the Supreme Court
The front of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Advocates of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Complain that 'the FDA Moved the Goalposts'
A hand holding MDMA capsules
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Past Copyright Settlement Agreements Needn't Be Sealed When Directly Related to Merits of Current Claim
From Judge Thomas Rice (E.D. Wash.) Aug. 29 in Prepared Food Photos, Inc. v. Pool World, Inc., a copyright case… The post Past Copyright Settlement Agreements Needn't Be Sealed When Directly Related to Merits of Current Claim appeared first on Reason.com.
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The U.S. Can't Afford AI Copyright Lawsuits
It's time for President Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act and resolve the crisis.
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Warning About AI Hallucination During D.C. Federal District Court Bar Admission Ceremony
I just joined (this morning) the bar for the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, which is to… The post Warning About AI Hallucination During D.C. Federal District Court Bar Admission Ceremony appeared first on Reason.com.
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National Conservatism Has a Bigotry Problem, Whether Yoram Hazony Wants To Admit It or Not
NatCon organizer stands at a podium in front of an orange and blue backdrop to give a speech.
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Huge Immigration Bust
Immigration officials detain nearly 500 South Korean workers
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California Racial Justice Act and Racially Themed Language in Undercover Questioning
"Ramsey contends that conducting an undercover operation targeting an African American inmate by using racial slurs ... and introducing and admitting into evidence a recording from the undercover operation violates [the Act]."
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Woman Repeatedly Badmouthed Ex-Lover, Ordered Not to Say Anything Online About Him, Lost Gun Rights
She had admitted that some (though not all) of the speech was false, but the injunction (entered in a restraining order case, not following a full defamation trial) extends to all speech, not just falsehoods: "Even speech otherwise protected by the First Amendment may be enjoined if it disturbs the petitioning party's peace."
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"Authoritarians in the Academy": The Free Speech Recession
When universities are global institutions, the global speech environment matters.
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College Students Across the Political Spectrum Support Shouting Down Opponents
2 campus protesters clashing at Columbia University
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